Love the rose joints solution. That is my kind of doing stuff. That looks totally PHAT! I like your build anyways. There is something about it with the way you do it. The color and the blue look SICK together, even though I prefer black. But in this case the blue makes the polished and chromed parts POP.
The polishing part is a lot of work and looks better than chrome.
My hat is off for you. Very nice!